Pincushion
1840-1850
Medium/TechniqueWool plain weave, silk plain weave, cotton plain weave, glass beads
DimensionsHeight x width: 10.8 × 11.4 cm (4 1/4 × 4 1/2 in.)
Credit LineJohn H. and Ernestine A. Payne Fund, Mary S. and Edward J. Holmes Fund, Frank B. Bemis Fund, Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, Helen and Alice Colburn Fund, Edwin E. Jack Fund, Frederick Brown Fund, Elizabeth M. and John F. Paramino Fund in memory of John F. Paramino, Boston Sculptor, Harriet Otis Cruft Fund, Seth K. Sweetser Fund, Helen B. Sweeney Fund, Susan Cornelia Warren Fund, Samuel Putnam Avery Fund, Alice M. Bartlett Fund, Jane Marsland and Judith A. Marsland Fund, and Mary E. Moore Gift
Accession number2018.2955
On View
Not on viewClassificationsTextiles
Collections
Provenance1994, sold by Darr Antiques and Interiors, Sheffield, MA, to Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russo, Rockingham, VT; 2018, sold by Gerry Biron and JoAnne Russo to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 12, 2018)
